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4/12/2012

a little is a lot

Really, I am! I came home yesterday from Ellie's Endo appointment and was so excited to post about the decrease in her HbA1c results. I finished my post toting the AWSCHUMNESS of switching to Apidra and lamenting how Ellie's last result of an 8.0 wasn't bad, but certainly wasn't good﻿.

It wasn't until a facebook friend mentioned she was praying for a better HbA1c number that I realized I never gave the result of yesterday's blood test.

I have a valid excuse, however. Those 2+ hour appointments wear me out! So much information crammed into a relatively small amount of time. So much anticipation for such a small little blood test result. A little amount of stress turns into a lot amount of tired.

Back to the appointment:

Our most favorite nurse in the whole wide world had us guessing at the new HbA1c number. A big cheesy grin on her face indicated the number was lower. Just to be funny, she had us take a guess at the result.

I chimed in with a hopeful 7.6

Hubby gave a conservative guesstimate of 7.8

Ellie presented with a 'deer-in-the-headlight-stare' and went with my guess.

Nope! None of the answers matched.

Our nurse grinned and said "LOWER".

7.5? 7.4? 6.8?

Nuh, Uh . . . ::smirky smile::

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

You see, a .8 HbA1c reduction may not appear to be much, but a little is a lot.

An 8.0 means Ellie's blood sugars AVERAGE 183. (her goal is 80-150)

A higher average of blood sugars = higher chances of long term complications.

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